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Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (manning bill)
Mon Sep 1 02:12:27 2014
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From: manning bill <bmanning@isi.edu>
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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:08:51 -0700
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
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so Internet in the US is safe=85
/bill
Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet.
On 31August2014Sunday, at 22:35, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
> Cause it's a long weekend, and why shouldn't it be whackier than =
normal.
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> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <privacy@vortex.com>
>> To: privacy-list@vortex.com
>> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 11:34:16 PM
>> Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa =
Stating High Speed Internet is against Sharia
>> An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating High Speed Internet =
is
>> against Sharia
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>> (Iran Human Rights):
>> http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/08/makarem-internet/
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>> A Grand Ayatollah in Iran has determined that access to high-speed =
and
>> 3G Internet is "against Sharia" and "against moral standards." In
>> answer to a question published on his website, Grand Ayatollah Nasser
>> Makarem Shirazi, one of the country's highest clerical authorities,
>> issued a fatwa, stating "All third generation [3G] and high-speed
>> internet services, prior to realization of the required conditions =
for
>> the National Information Network [Iran's government-controlled and
>> censored Internet which is under development], is against Sharia =
[and]
>> against moral and human standards."
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>> - - -
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>> Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and other dominant ISPs =
are
>> now in a bidding war to hire him as a consultant and board member.
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> RUN AWAY!!!
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> Cheers,
> -- jra
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